US chip stocks plunge 16% in longest losing streak since 2008

US semiconductor stocks have fallen 16% and are on their longest losing streak since 2008, a selloff that Crypto Briefing frames as a warning about vulnerabilities in AI-driven markets and financing dependencies. No specific crypto assets are named, but the drawdown matters to traders because AI-linked equities and crypto have traded as correlated risk assets, so a deepening tech selloff could pressure digital-asset sentiment and flows. The story is a market-color piece rather than a crypto-specific catalyst.